A donation that ‘tips the scales’
The Bay Area Bassmasters presented a record-breaking donation totaling $12,710.69 to support Gulfside Hospice patients and families. The funds were raised through the fishing club’s annual Ina Mahoney Hospice Challenge, which was created in 2009 to celebrate the life of former member Ina Mahoney and to support Gulfside in gratitude for the care she received. With this year’s donations, the club has now raised nearly $65,000 in support of Gulfside Hospice.
Addressing mental health
The University of South Florida (USF) is partnering with the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay due to a demand for guidance on how employers can address mental health.
The USF College of Behavioral and Community Sciences is offering a free, online course designed to help managers and employees become more well-versed in addressing mental health and its impact on their organizations.
Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace is a seven-session course that covers symptoms of some of the most common mental and behavioral disorders, how to identify behaviors that may suggest an impairment and how to approach the employee.
The course also will include information on available resources to help businesses attract and retain top talent.
A new, two-hour sessions will be released each week starting on June 12, with all sessions becoming available at the end of July.
The course features 40 speakers from organizations and corporations across the country, such as Tampa Electric, Bealls and USAA.
The group of professionals includes executive coaches, intervention specialists and several USF faculty and staff members who have an expertise in mental health and human resources.
Registration is required, at tinyurl.com/339thefu. For more information, visit USF.edu/MHWW.
Upon completion of the course, participants have the option to earn a certificate and digital badge from the USF Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education for a $179 fee.
Gulfside donation
Gulfside Healthcare Services has announced it received a donation from the DeBartolo Family Foundation, which will support the direct services of its Family Bereavement program that provides grief and traumatic grief counseling at no cost.
“We are humbled by the generosity of the DeBartolo Family Foundation and appreciative of their support so that we may continue to strengthen our local community. This recognition from such a supportive local partner allows our organizations to work together to continue creating powerful and lasting impacts in the lives of many Pasco County and Tampa Bay area residents,” said Linda Ward, president and CEO of Gulfside, in a news release.
